AUPSY102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Capgras Delusion, Cerebral Hemisphere, Occipital Lobe

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Augustana Faculty - Psychology
• Course: AUPSY102
• Professor: Katharine Bailey

Document Summary

Capgras syndrome a person suffering from this is able to recognise their loved ones but with no feeling of familiarity making them feel as though their loved ones have been replaced by imposters. Neuroimaging technique a method for examining either the structure or the activation pattern within a living brain. These can connect capgras syndrome to abnormalities in the brain. Different kinds of neuroimaging techniques pet, mri, fmri. When the temporal lobe is damaged that can disrupt the amygdala emotional elevator . You wouldn"t feel a happy and warm sensation when seeing people you love make them feel unfamiliar. Capgras also shows abnormalities in the frontal lobe prefrontal cortex planning or careful analysis. Damage to prefrontal cortex you cannot tell what is real and what is not very well because you can not analysis it and make sense of it properly. Capgras syndrome suggests that the amygdala plays a crucial role in supporting the feeling of familiarity.